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A Yale-led study shows that the senses stimulate a region of the brain that controls consciousness — a finding that might inform treatment for disorders related to attention, arousal, and more.
Most vaccines — and boosters — are injected directly into muscle tissue, usually in the upper arm, to kickstart the body’s immune system in the fight against disease. But for respiratory diseases like ...
Jessica Liu loved her high school AP computer science class so much that she was leaning toward studying computer science in college. But then a life-changing internship the summer of her sophomore ...
Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive black holes, or “hot Jupiters,” astronomers can spend months or years ...
Keeley Brooks worried that she’d made a terrible mistake during her first few weeks at Yale. A violinist since the age of five, she’d long dreamed of attending a music conservatory, and had been ...
The Gruber Foundation today recognized four scientists who have made significant contributions to the fields of cosmology, genetics, and neuroscience. Recipients of the Gruber International Prize ...
Zoë Colfax has enjoyed telling stories for as long as she can remember — whether performing on stage or sharing a silly story with her family. And as far back as third grade, when she made her theater ...
In the early 1950s, as Nigeria approached independence from Great Britain, a vibrant literary culture developed in the vast and lively market of Onitsha, a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River.
About 15% of patients with typhoid fever develop serious neurological complications, including delirium and seizures, that are collectively described as acute encephalopathy. Until now, however, ...
Laurie Santos first noticed something amiss with parents a few years ago. “I saw how anxious and worried parents were when connecting with their kids at Yale,” said Santos, the Chandrika and Ranjan ...
Yale’s Jimmy Carter shares a certain quality with his late presidential namesake: a heart full of empathy and ambition. It’s what drew Carter, a graduating senior from Branford College majoring in ...